Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Difficult members - Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 136, Issue 16

[Muriel Kranowski (murielk]

Studying clinical psych research hoping to glean helpful strategies is way
above my pay grade. Can you suggest anything concrete?

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Matt Kramer <mkramer [at] mattkramer.com> wrote:
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> As a professional mediator, if I am working with clients and narcissism is
> in the picture, I advise the other party(parties) to learn as much as they
> can about the disorder so that they can stop wasting time using the kinds
> of tools that are effective with healthier personalities and study clinical
> research to develop more strategic methods of dealing with the unpleasant
> party. In some cases, maybe love and attention (delivered as a sacrifice,
> not with the expectation of two way reciprocity) will work; each case is
> unique; no formula fits all personalities.
>
> I hope this is helpful.
>
> Matt Kramer
> Alumnus of FrogSong Cohousing
>
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